Jeff Hester | Cozumel: October 2, 2022 - Diving with Aldora Divers @jeffhester6874 | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Cozumel's Palancar Reef is gorgeous beyond words. This is some video from a couple of dives with Aldora Divers in October 2022.
At half an hour, consider this "video fireplace" genre. I may make a trimmed, more carefully edited version. Or not... The water was full of debris that day so it was a bit like shooting in a blizzard a lot of the time. Makes for an interesting editing and color grading challenge with decidedly mixed results. Even so, I hope that it captures some of the beauty of the place and the experience of diving there.
For those who wonder you might notice that we are flying along largely without the use of fins. This is drift diving. The currents in Cozumel are strong so the boat drops you off at one place then picks you up down current. Makes for a very relaxed dive as you watch the world go by.
My thoughts that day were of the juxtaposition of scales, from a tiny juvenile file fish to the towering reefs themselves. I enjoy taking video that places divers in that environment. Nate, Tom, Josh, and Kent were a great group to dive with, but I really should remember to point the camera at myself now and then. ;-)
Cozumel's Palancar Reef is gorgeous beyond words. This is some video from a couple of dives with Aldora Divers in October 2022.
At half an hour, consider this "video fireplace" genre. I may make a trimmed, more carefully edited version. Or not... The water was full of debris that day so it was a bit like shooting in a blizzard a lot of the time. Makes for an interesting editing and color grading challenge with decidedly mixed results. Even so, I hope that it captures some of the beauty of the place and the experience of diving there.
For those who wonder you might notice that we are flying along largely without the use of fins. This is drift diving. The currents in Cozumel are strong so the boat drops you off at one place then picks you up down current. Makes for a very relaxed dive as you watch the world go by.
My thoughts that day were of the juxtaposition of scales, from a tiny juvenile file fish to the towering reefs themselves. I enjoy taking video that places divers in that environment. Nate, Tom, Josh, and Kent were a great group to dive with, but I really should remember to point the camera at myself now and then. ;-)
